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Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4351

Intermittent urinary catheter; straight tip, with or without coating (Teflon, silicone, or silicone elastomer, etc.), each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Intermittent Urinary Catheter, Straight Tip cost?

$1.82

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.82 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $1.95 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.82$1.58 to $1.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.95$1.58 to $2.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $2professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.16
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$4.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.70
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Kansas than in Colorado. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$1.82

KS $2.88CO $1.07

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.